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THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF IRISH VERSE Edited, with translations, by THOMAS KINSELLA Oxford New York OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1986 CONTENTS Introduction BOOK I: FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY TO THE SIXTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 1. 'The rath in front of the oak wood' 2. 'Three rounded flanks I loved' 3. 'He is coining, Adzed-Head' DALLAN FORGAILL (attrib.) 4. A Poem in Praise of Colum Cille From the Latin COLUMBANUS 5. A Boat Song SEVENTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 6. The Boyhood of Christ EIGHTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 7. Saint Patrick's Breastplate 8. Epitaph for Cu Chuimne BLATHMAC MAC CON BRETTAN 9. from A Poem to Mary EIGHTH/NINTH CENTURY From The Ulster Cycle {10-13) from Exile of the Sons of Uisliu 10. Two Poems of Derdriu ix CONTENTS from How the Bulk were Begotten 11. The Two Bulls 19 from The Tain 12. The Armies Enter Cuailnge 20 13. Before the Last Battle 21 ANONYMOUS 14. Toward Winter: Four Fragments 22 NINTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 15. An Ivied Tree-Top 23 16. TheHagofBeara 23 17. Creide's Lament for Dinertech 27 A Selection of Monastic Poems (18-25) 18. 'All alone in my little cell' 28 19. Four 'Glosses' 30 20. PangurBdn 31 21. 'A busy yellow bee' 32 22. 'A sweet little bell' 32 23. 'Adore we the Lord' 32 24. The Hermit Marban 32 25. from the Prologue to The Calendar of Oengus 36 ANONYMOUS 26. 'First of summer, lovely sight' 38 27. Epitaph for MaelMhuru 40 28. An Insult 40 29. The Lovely Etan 41 From the Latin (30-34) DONATUS (r.829-876) 30. The Land Called Scotia 41 SEDULIUS SCOTTUS (d. 858) 31. Request for Meat and Drink 41 32. Death of a Ram 42 33. from The Defeat of the Norsemen 42 34. 'I read, or write' 44 x CONTENTS ANONYMOUS 35. 'Getting to Rome' 44 36. 'The wind is wild tonight' 44 37. 'Cold! Cold!' 44 38. 'I bring you news' 45 39. 'Look out there' 46 40. Ltadan and Cuirithir 46 41. Amergin's Songs 47 TENTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 42. 'I'm ashamed of my thoughts' 50 43. 'Alone up here on the mountain' 51 44. Manchan's Prayer 53 OENGUS C£ILE D£ (/?. late 10th cent.) 45. 'The time is ripe and I repent' 54 ANONYMOUS 46. 'Ah blackbird, giving thanks' 55 ELEVENTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 47. 'Eve am I' 56 MAEL fsu 6 BROLCHALN(d. 1086) 48. To an Elderly Virgin 56 49. 'My sins in their completeness' 58 50. 'I give Thee thanks, my King' 58 ANONYMOUS 51. Praise of God 59 52. 'A great tempest on the Plain of Ler' 59 From the Latin BISHOP PATRICK (d. 1084) 53. An Invocation 61 xi CONTENTS ELEVENTH/TWELFTH CENTURY A Selection of Poems attributed to Colum Cille (54—58) 54. 'O Son of God, it would be sweet' 64 55. 'Mary mild, good maiden' 65 56. 'If I owned all of Alba' 67 57. 'Three places most loved I have left' 69 58. 'My claw is tired of scribing' 69 ANONYMOUS 59. The Fort of ArdRuide 70 TWELFTH CENTURY A Selection of Verses attributed to Suibne Geilt 60. 'I am in great misery tonight' 72 A Selection of Fenian Poems (61-66) 61. 'Cold is the winter' 78 62. Creide's Lament for Gael 79 63. Goll Mac Morna Parts from his Wife 81 64. 'There once was a time' 83 65. 'My hands are withered' 83 66. 'The Place of the Fian is bare tonight' 84 ANONYMOUS 67. 'The blackbird calls in grief' 85 THIRTEENTH CENTURY MUIREADHACH ALBANACH 6 DALAIGH (/?. early 13th cent.) 68. 'Mighty Mary, hear me' 87 69. 'Young man of alien beauty' 91 70. 'Last night my soul departed' 95 71. On the Gift of a Knife 97 GIOLLA BRIGHDE MAC CON MIDHE (fl. mid 13th Cent.) 72. A Defence of Poetry . 98 From the Norman French ANONYMOUS 73. from The Fortification of New Ross 102 xii CONTENTS FOURTEENTH CENTURY GOFRAIDH FIONN 6 DALAIGH (d. 1387) 74. A Child, in Prison 107 GEAR0ID IARLA MAC GEARAILT (d. 1398) 75. 'Woe to him who slanders women' 110 Early English ANONYMOUS 76. 'Icham of Irlaunde' 111 77. 'Alas! How should I sing?' HI 78. The Land of Cokaygne 111 BROTHER MICHAEL OF KILD ARE (/?. early 14th Cent.) 79. Swet Jesus 117 BOOK II: FROM THE FOURTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FOURTEENTH/FIFTEENTH CENTURY TADHG 6G 6 HUIGfNN (d. 1448) 80. Lament for Fearghal Ruadh 125 FIFTEENTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 81. 'You are desolate, fort of kings' 129 82. 'Monk, step further off 129 English ANONYMOUS 83. from/4 Letter sent by the Mayor and Inhabitants of the CitieofWaterford. 130 FIFTEENTH/SIXTEENTH CENTURY: ANONYMOUS LOVE POETRY 84. 'Keep your kiss to yourself' 132 xiii CONTENTS 85. 'Take my song of love to heart' 132 86. 'I will not die for you' 133 87. 'You that are jealous and have a wife' 133 88. 'Sir, so suspicious' 134 89. A Glance 135 90. 'Lady of shrouding hair' 135 91. 'It is far from just between us' 136 92. 'No sickness worse than secret love' 136 93. 'Do not torment me, lady' 137 94. 'Men's loving is a false affection' 137 English 95. Translation of an Irish Song 138 SIXTEENTH CENTURY MAGHNAS 6 DOMHNAILL (d. 1563) 96. 'A heart made full of thought' 139 97. 'A famished end to my tale this night' 139 98. 'Love, I think, is a disease' 140 LOCHLANN <5G 6 DALAIGH (fl. mid 16th cent.) 99. In Praise of Three Young Men 140 TADHG DALL 6 HUIGfNN (1550-1591) 100. A Visit to Enniskillen 143 101. A Satire on the 0 'Haras 148 LAOISEACH MAC AN BHAIRD (fl. late 16th cent.) 102. 'A fond greeting, hillock there' 149 103. Two Sons 150 ANONYMOUS 104. Company in Loneliness 152 English ANONYMOUS 105. from The Praise of Wateiford 154 106. A Postscript to Verses on the History of France 155 xiv CONTENTS SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ANONYMOUS 107. The Scholar's Life 156 108. 'There are three who await my death' 156 109. Three Epigrams 157 EOCHAIDH 6 HEOGHUSA (fl. late i6th-early 17th cent.) no. A Change in Style 158 HI. Mag Uidhir's Winter Campaign 159 FEAR FLATHA 6 GNfMH (fl. early 17th cent.) 112. After the Flight of the Earls 162 113. The Passing of the Poets 164 MATHGHAMHAIN 6 HIFEARNAIN (fl. early 17th cent.) 114. 'I ask, who will buy a poem?' 167 SEATHRON C£ITINN (1580-C.1644) 115. 'At the news from Fal's high plain' 168 116. 'O lady full of guile' 169 PADRAIGfN HAICfiAD (f.1600-1654) 117. On Hearing it has been Ordered in the Chapterhouses of Ireland that the Friars make no more Songs or Verses 170 PIARAS FEIRITFIAR (F.1600-1653) 118. 'Lay your weapons down, young lady' 170 DAiBHf 6 BRUADAIR(C.1625—1698) 119. Adoramus Te, Christe 172 120. 'O it's best be a total boor' 172 121. For the Family of Cuchonnacht 0 Dalaigh 173 122. 'A shrewish, barren, bony, nosy servant' 174 TOMAS 'LAIDIR' MAC COISDEALBHAIGH (fl. mid 17th cent.) (attrib.) 123. UnaBhdn 174 English LUKE WADDING (1588-1657) 124. For Innocents Day 175 125. On the Circumsision: New Years Day 176 xv CONTENTS ANONYMOUS Two Ballads of the Williamite Wars 126. LilliBurlero 178 127. The Boyne Water 179 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY S£AMAS DALL MAC CUARTA (£1650-1733) (trans, from the Irish) 128. 'The houses of Corr an Chait are cold' 181 JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745) 129. On Stella's Birthday: Written AD iji8-[ig] 181 130. The Description of an Irish Feast. 182 131. The Progress of Poetry 184 132. Clever Tom Clinch Going to be Hanged 186 133. Holyhead. Sept. 25, 1727 186 134. from The Life and Character of Dean Swift 187 135. from Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 189 AOGAN 6 RATHAILLE (F. 1675-1729) (trans, from the Irish) 136. 'Brightness most bright I beheld on the way, forlorn' 195 137. 'The drenching night drags on' 196 138. The Vision 197 139. Valentine Browne 198 140. 'No help I'll call' 199 CATHAL BUF MAC GIOLLA GHUNNA (^1680-1756) (trans, from the Irish) 141. The Yellow Bittern 200 OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-1774) 142. from The Traveller. On Freedom and Ambition 201 143. from The Deserted Village 203 144. A Sonnet 210 145. Translation of a South American Ode 210 146. Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog 210 147. Song-, from The Vicar of Wakefield 211 148. Song: from She Stoops to Conquer 212 149. hom Retaliation 212 xvi CONTENTS EOGHAN RUA 6 SOILLEABHAIN (1748-1784) (trans, from the Irish) 150. from 'Seamas, light-hearted and loving friend of my breast' 215 151. A Magic Mist - 216 ANONYMOUS (trans, from the Irish) 152. Two Epigrams 218 EIBHLfN DHUBH Nf CHONAILL (fl. 1770) (trans, from the Irish) 153. from The Lament for Art 0 Laoghaire 219 BRIAN MERRIMAN (1749-1805) (trans, from the Irish) 154. The Midnight Court 222 RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN (1751-1816) 155. Drinking Song: from The School for Scandal 247 156. Song: from The Duenna 248 SEVENTEENTH TO NINETEENTH CENTURIES: FOLK POETRY Folk Poems and Songs, Prayers and Charms from the Irish 157. 'It is well for small birds' 249 158. 'My own dark head' 249 159. 'My grief on the ocean' 250 160. 'Remember that night' 250 161. Yourself and Myself 251 162. Little Black Rose 252 163. CillChais 253 164. The Widow's Curse 254 165. To the Holy Trinity 254 166. 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    University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-1992 Byzantium and France: the Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Birth of the Medieval Romance Leon Stratikis University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the Modern Languages Commons Recommended Citation Stratikis, Leon, "Byzantium and France: the Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Birth of the Medieval Romance. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1992. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2521 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Leon Stratikis entitled "Byzantium and France: the Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Birth of the Medieval Romance." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Modern Foreign Languages. Paul Barrette, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: James E. Shelton, Patrick Brady, Bryant Creel, Thomas Heffernan Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation by Leon Stratikis entitled Byzantium and France: the Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Birth of the Medieval Romance.